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so governor romney and paul ryan want to fix medicare. they want to strengthen it for future generations. >> let me get an answer from you with all due respect. that going to talk about it? >> of course, of course, we have to talk about it. of course, of course. president obama is taking $700 billion out of medicare to fund his new obama plan. that doesn't make sense. of course we have to talk about it. this is a serious campaign. >> yeah, i agree with you. >> we're talking about issues and problems that need to be solved. >> i agree with you. and one of the biggest issues, doesn't matter where you come from, unemployment, 14.1% in the african-american community, 10.3% in the hispanic community. 8.3% across the country. what specifically do you think a president can really do to change that situation? >> there are five things they want do. this problem is worse. these are people who have been taken out of the labor force. president romney will dramatically increase and strengthen our ability to become an independent energy source, a power
so governor romney and paul ryan want to fix medicare. they want to strengthen it for future generations. >> let me get an answer from you with all due respect. that going to talk about it? >> of course, of course, we have to talk about it. of course, of course. president obama is taking $700 billion out of medicare to fund his new obama plan. that doesn't make sense. of course we have to talk about it. this is a serious campaign. >> yeah, i agree with you. >> we're...
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vice presidential candidate paul ryan made a similar point articulating the romney/ryan position. >> in the days ahead and in the years ahead, american foreign policy needs moral clarity and firmness of purpose. [ applause ] only by the confident exercise of american influence are evil and violence overcome. that is how we keep problems abroad from becoming crises. that is what keeps the peace. and that is what we will have in a romney/ryan administration. >> all right. moral clarity and purpose. that, that is what keeps the peace. ryan's statement harkins back to mitt romney's three-point foreign policy plan he detailed on wednesday in response to the libyan assault. it was his third point after confidence and clarity that syncs up with what his running mate said. >> number three is resolve in our might. that in those rare circumstances, those rare circumstances where we decide it's essential for us to apply military might, that we do so with overwhelming force. >> it is hard to say what it means to run a resolve-based foreign policy against your enemies because the question is, wha
vice presidential candidate paul ryan made a similar point articulating the romney/ryan position. >> in the days ahead and in the years ahead, american foreign policy needs moral clarity and firmness of purpose. [ applause ] only by the confident exercise of american influence are evil and violence overcome. that is how we keep problems abroad from becoming crises. that is what keeps the peace. and that is what we will have in a romney/ryan administration. >> all right. moral...
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vice presidential candidate paul ryan made a similar point articulating the romney/ryan position. >> in the days ahead and in the years ahead, american foreign policy needs moral clarity and firmness of purpose. [ applause ] only by the confident exercise of american influence are evil and violence overcome. that is how we keep problems abroad from becoming crises. that is what keeps the peace. and that is what we will have in a romney/ryan administration. >> all right. moral clarity and purpose. that, that is what keeps the peace. ryan's statement harkins back to mitt romney's three-point foreign policy plan he detailed on wednesday in response to the libyan assault. it was his third point after confidence and clarity that syncs up with what his running mate said. >> number three is resolve in our might. that in those rare circumstances, those rare circumstances where we decide it's essential for us to apply military might, that we do so with overwhelming force. >> it is hard to say what it means to run a resolve-based foreign policy against your enemies because the question is, wha
vice presidential candidate paul ryan made a similar point articulating the romney/ryan position. >> in the days ahead and in the years ahead, american foreign policy needs moral clarity and firmness of purpose. [ applause ] only by the confident exercise of american influence are evil and violence overcome. that is how we keep problems abroad from becoming crises. that is what keeps the peace. and that is what we will have in a romney/ryan administration. >> all right. moral...
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and as we understand it, mitt romney and paul ryan are going to be receiving intelligence briefings and their advisers now laying out what a romney presidency would look like, and ambassador, they are saying that he would be tougher on iran and setting a red line and he would tell egypt if they want aid they have to protect american interests and provide more aid to syrian opposition and short of arming them directly like the president. what do you make of that strategy? his foreign policy analysis of what is going on present day? >> well, first of all i would divide it into two different issues. issue one is what are you doing from the broader standpoint vis-a-vis each question that arises. on iran, what is the appropriate approach as it relates to syria, and what is the appropriate approach as it relates to the future relationship with egypt is, and what is the appropriate approach? each of those responses are not going to affect what is happening on the ground today. that is first ft. issue. and first and foremost, when you are in a position of shaping national strategy, you fram
and as we understand it, mitt romney and paul ryan are going to be receiving intelligence briefings and their advisers now laying out what a romney presidency would look like, and ambassador, they are saying that he would be tougher on iran and setting a red line and he would tell egypt if they want aid they have to protect american interests and provide more aid to syrian opposition and short of arming them directly like the president. what do you make of that strategy? his foreign policy...
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obviously, ron, we see which direction the romney/ryan ticket would like to at least take this week? >> reporter: claktly. hey there, tamron. hope you can hear me over the rumble of the bus. we're heading into detroit. i'm sure the campaign could pack more stuff into the schedule today. in addition to the rally if in toledo where you heard paul ryan, he has three events around the detroit area. this is romney's old stomping ground from his younger days, and they're not quite ready to give up on a michigan where they think they can make a play. he's on his way to an education roundtable and a fund-raiser and another big rally tonight planned. another thing unusual about his speech in toledo was the fact it was much longer than usual. he went 33 minutes or so. usually we get a15, 20 minutes out of him and he doesn't spend a lot of time talking about foreign policy. because the crowd saw governor romney's speech at the virginia military institute, paul ryan wanted to talk a little bit about that and perhaps giving him a little more of a chance to get some of the foreign policy stuff out
obviously, ron, we see which direction the romney/ryan ticket would like to at least take this week? >> reporter: claktly. hey there, tamron. hope you can hear me over the rumble of the bus. we're heading into detroit. i'm sure the campaign could pack more stuff into the schedule today. in addition to the rally if in toledo where you heard paul ryan, he has three events around the detroit area. this is romney's old stomping ground from his younger days, and they're not quite ready to give...
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ryan saying mitt romney's performance makes it more difficult for him. people are suggesting that vice president joe biden is gaffe-ridden and incompetent. what are you expecting from this debate? >> i will go ahead and i would say i'd set the bar pretty high for biden because i think he's a much better debater than obama. one of the reasons biden ended up on the ticket with obama in 2008 was that in 2007 and 2008 running against hillary clinton, running against barack obama, it was biden who are often than not who would steal the show at those democratic debates. it never actually translated into votes for him but he impressed people in the obama campaign as somebody they wanted to have out there. you go farther back in his career when he first ran for president in 1988, he got derailed by a bit of a plagiarism scandal, but when he was using his own words, he was one heck of an orator. that was his reputation. a really strong communicator. i look at biden and his debate skills and communication skills, and i say escapable of doing what barack obama eith
ryan saying mitt romney's performance makes it more difficult for him. people are suggesting that vice president joe biden is gaffe-ridden and incompetent. what are you expecting from this debate? >> i will go ahead and i would say i'd set the bar pretty high for biden because i think he's a much better debater than obama. one of the reasons biden ended up on the ticket with obama in 2008 was that in 2007 and 2008 running against hillary clinton, running against barack obama, it was biden...
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but i thought romney was running on ryan's program. >> romney's policy on federal spending is equally fuzzy. he promised not to cut defense spending. how you can you make those numbers work? if romney is elected then by his third year in office every single federal program that is not medicare, social security or defense will be cut. on average by 40%. that means medicaid, infrastructure, food safety, road safety, the postal service, basic research, foreign aid, housing,e iing subsidiesubsidied stamps. all that has to be cut by 40%. that's not remotely plausible. the consequences would be catastroph catastrophic. there's nothing there. >> that's not true. >> all the cuts are significant to me. i'm trying to give your politician a break. there must be some reason to explain this. >> what republicans generally argue is the governments, you know, going back to certainly bush years and going back to reagan has grown. and so you have a new breed of -- which is really rather old school thinking of let's control the growth and size in spending of the federal government. all the things you ju
but i thought romney was running on ryan's program. >> romney's policy on federal spending is equally fuzzy. he promised not to cut defense spending. how you can you make those numbers work? if romney is elected then by his third year in office every single federal program that is not medicare, social security or defense will be cut. on average by 40%. that means medicaid, infrastructure, food safety, road safety, the postal service, basic research, foreign aid, housing,e iing...
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, obama came out in his speech hammering ryan and died romney to ryan even before romney had a chance to embrace -- >> and because of that, he might not be the do no harm candidate that i know mitt romney is looking for. >> i would welcome paul ryan on the republican ticket for exactly the reasons david just spelled out. >> i feel like the gop electorate who wants to be able to verbally punch barack obama in the face, they want blood, they want somebody who's going to be mean to him. and i think there's only one guy who's going to deliver what they want. show them what i'm talking about. >> have any of your children come home and said to you, mom, dad, please, just pay for my teacher's health benefits and i'll get as. let's start with this, i sat here very respectfully and listened to you, if what you want to do is put on a show and giggle every time i talk, then i have no interest in answering your question. >> can you imagine the mississippi heat in june, taking heat from someone while i talk like joe soprano. >> governor chris christie of new jersey is combative, he's confrontation
, obama came out in his speech hammering ryan and died romney to ryan even before romney had a chance to embrace -- >> and because of that, he might not be the do no harm candidate that i know mitt romney is looking for. >> i would welcome paul ryan on the republican ticket for exactly the reasons david just spelled out. >> i feel like the gop electorate who wants to be able to verbally punch barack obama in the face, they want blood, they want somebody who's going to be mean...
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mitt romney and ryan were there just yesterdayp. >> >> just going to says the romney/ryan bus tour. we've spent time thinking about this whether to do it or not. ohio has been a central battleground and swing state in the last three or four elections. a poll among likely voters that has mitt romney down eight points. the trend in polling in that state, all the polls, obama is way, internal polling has obama ahead in the mid to high single digits. today ohio does not look the same as florida, for example. florida looks like a true toss up. colorado looks like a toss up. nevada. ohio, by the numbers does not and i would say and we've talked about this, without ohio there are scenarios mitt romney can be elect elected president in terms of winning 270 electoral votes. he needs ohio or i needs to find a way in some combination of wisconsin, iowa, michigan or pennsylvania. >> before i let you go, jeff, jump in here as well. paul ryan has spoken out on that incredible missed call at the end of the packers/seahawks game. the nfl is saying they stand by the call, at least roger goodell is u
mitt romney and ryan were there just yesterdayp. >> >> just going to says the romney/ryan bus tour. we've spent time thinking about this whether to do it or not. ohio has been a central battleground and swing state in the last three or four elections. a poll among likely voters that has mitt romney down eight points. the trend in polling in that state, all the polls, obama is way, internal polling has obama ahead in the mid to high single digits. today ohio does not look the same as...
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it macon fuse people because of the mitt romney/paul ryan ticket. >>> sheldon add lson might do well if romney wins. he's spending $100 million in 2012 could benefit to the tune of $2 billion from the tax breaks romney proposed. >>> conservative talk show hosts, including rush limbaugh are blasting the gop saying a third party could rise. if romney can't beat president obama the entire republican party should be shut down. >>> jay-z and beyonce will host a fund-raiser. they will welcome 100 donors paying $40,000 a ticket. >>> speaking of partying, politico shows photographs of president obama as what might be called beer drinker in chief. now, several brewers announced they will produce batches of the white house ales being made at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. they plan to sell it under the name president honey ale. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. here is your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow closed at 13,323 after gaining 69 points yesterday. the s&p was up four and nasdaq up a fraction. tokyo, the nikkei moved 152 points while in hong kong t
it macon fuse people because of the mitt romney/paul ryan ticket. >>> sheldon add lson might do well if romney wins. he's spending $100 million in 2012 could benefit to the tune of $2 billion from the tax breaks romney proposed. >>> conservative talk show hosts, including rush limbaugh are blasting the gop saying a third party could rise. if romney can't beat president obama the entire republican party should be shut down. >>> jay-z and beyonce will host a...
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>> i think bill crystal has a lot of equity in the romney/ryan ticket and he's trying to defend what i think is indefensible. what bill is not getting and what americans are becoming to get, it's not just this abhorrent day where he used the debt of an ambassador and a staff to take a political swipe of obama, incredibly unamerican act. but when you add it up with what was supposed to be a safe trip to israel, england and poland that really blue it up on romney, when you add it up with his comments about russia in the past, and you basically see a guy who's so mal adroit at large, his first two speeches had no sense. i've been trying to give him the benefit of the doubt at the time i said bad speech but he's got relatively good advisers around him. but those who are trying to lean over backwards and be fair, when we see the kinds of things not just today but have been building up over a period of time, you begin to see that this guy is simply not prepared to make serious discussions on america's national interests. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >>> coming up, a fox news
>> i think bill crystal has a lot of equity in the romney/ryan ticket and he's trying to defend what i think is indefensible. what bill is not getting and what americans are becoming to get, it's not just this abhorrent day where he used the debt of an ambassador and a staff to take a political swipe of obama, incredibly unamerican act. but when you add it up with what was supposed to be a safe trip to israel, england and poland that really blue it up on romney, when you add it up with...
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out saying they want to see more specifics from the romney/ryan team. one thing that comes up is at least from the liberals tax loopholes, naming specific tax -- >> yes, because we want to get it done. >> okay. here is a good rule of thumb. when you hit the reset button, you ought to have it mean something. but it just gets worse because a new behind-the-scenes expose on the politico website has painted a devastating portrait of a romney campaign in disarray and mounting despair. in fact, things are so bad that insiders are joking that the only thing that could save mr. romney would be a consultant from bain capital. but they've already got one of those. so, mr. romney, are you happy with the state of your campaign? it's an awkward question to be sure, but one that our colleague, jose diaz, just put to mr. romney in an interview. >> i've got a terrific campaign. my senior campaign people work extraordinarily well together. i work well with them. our campaign is doing well, and, frankly, these process stories take away from what's really of concern to th
out saying they want to see more specifics from the romney/ryan team. one thing that comes up is at least from the liberals tax loopholes, naming specific tax -- >> yes, because we want to get it done. >> okay. here is a good rule of thumb. when you hit the reset button, you ought to have it mean something. but it just gets worse because a new behind-the-scenes expose on the politico website has painted a devastating portrait of a romney campaign in disarray and mounting despair. in...
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mitt romney, paul ryan making a bunch of campaign stops. we will see a new ad from president obama capitalizing on romney's 47%. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends since june of this year ohio's unemployment rate has been 7.2%. that's the lowest since september 2008. among the nine key states that will decide the election ohio's unemployment rate is lower than all but three. >>> for the real news let's huddle up around the water cooler. we'll watch the emmy awards. jimmy kimmel hosted the show for the first time. at one point he manipulated twitter as you can see here by telling everyone to tweet that actor tracy morgan had passed out on stage. it created hysteria online. he had him lie down for ten minutes. in his opening monolog, he took jabs at hollywood and washington. take a look. >> i will admit that doubting abbey is an amazing show. there's so much attention to detail. it's not the show i typically watch, but it really gives you a sense of what it must have been like to grow up in mitt romney's house. are any of you
mitt romney, paul ryan making a bunch of campaign stops. we will see a new ad from president obama capitalizing on romney's 47%. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends since june of this year ohio's unemployment rate has been 7.2%. that's the lowest since september 2008. among the nine key states that will decide the election ohio's unemployment rate is lower than all but three. >>> for the real news let's huddle up around the water cooler. we'll watch the emmy awards....
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broader interests. >> is it that the devil's in the details for the romney/ryan ticket? >> glenn is absolutely right. anybody who is expecting paul ryan to be named to the ticket and suddenly start going out talking about the individual line items that were in the ryan budget has obviously been disappointed. and there are differences between the ryan budget and what mitt romney says he would do as president that paul ryan simply won't get into. they are the challengers. they have a little more leeway to not say specifically what they would do as much as voters would like them to. their main goal has been to criticize president obama, to say that they would do things differently and focus on the things that they want for focus on. >> don't go far, we are going to come back to both of you a little bit later in the hour. get you a glass of water. >>> and one of the key battle grounds another battle has been raging, a fight over strict voter i.d. laws enacted there. it's pennsylvania. it reached the state's highest court this week. we'll dig into the very latest in the ballo
broader interests. >> is it that the devil's in the details for the romney/ryan ticket? >> glenn is absolutely right. anybody who is expecting paul ryan to be named to the ticket and suddenly start going out talking about the individual line items that were in the ryan budget has obviously been disappointed. and there are differences between the ryan budget and what mitt romney says he would do as president that paul ryan simply won't get into. they are the challengers. they have a...
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and biden. >> romney and paul ryan. >> yes. getting my names confused today. but at the same time, i think it's really clear that at least with romney, he has some sort of command of the facts even if he doesn't use them in a truthful way. with the case of paul ryan, he clearly doesn't understand what he's talking about in the issue of foreign policy. he knows what he's talking about in the issue of economic policy. there he's not being honest about that. so when biden challenged him on iran and said that we're doing everything that netanyahu wants us to do, i've known netanyahu for 39 years, he showeds his experience. when biden talked about afghanistan and said he's been there 20 times to iraq and afghanistan, what have you done? he showed his experience. one thing he would do differently, he couldn't come up with single example other than a silly talking point about not giving russia veto power. >> right, right. all he was doing was repeating rehearsed lines, tamron. i think people could see through that and tell there was n
and biden. >> romney and paul ryan. >> yes. getting my names confused today. but at the same time, i think it's really clear that at least with romney, he has some sort of command of the facts even if he doesn't use them in a truthful way. with the case of paul ryan, he clearly doesn't understand what he's talking about in the issue of foreign policy. he knows what he's talking about in the issue of economic policy. there he's not being honest about that. so when biden challenged...
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. >> romney never named directly, the quote "romney-ryan" budget is implicit in there. the poll when it comes to the president's efforts to get reelected, gay marriage, a wash. 62%. neither his pro-gay marriage position or romney's against it make as difference. 70% pro-obama, 20% pro-romney. >>> and finally egyptians voting in their first president's election since the fall of hosni mubarak. it's really quite remarkable, if you think about it. i'm sorry, folks. with a potential runoff between the leading votes scheduled for later next month, the winner will succeed mubarak, whose regime was toppled more than a year ago during arab spring after 29 years in power. really longer if you think about his predecessors. 50 million people are eligible to vote in the election. candidates from the muslim brotherhood, former mubarak arab minister, military officials all vying for the top spot. egypt has been under tumult kmuous military rule. dozens of protesters killed during demonstrations and the economy taken major hits from the deteriorating tourism industry and foreign inves
. >> romney never named directly, the quote "romney-ryan" budget is implicit in there. the poll when it comes to the president's efforts to get reelected, gay marriage, a wash. 62%. neither his pro-gay marriage position or romney's against it make as difference. 70% pro-obama, 20% pro-romney. >>> and finally egyptians voting in their first president's election since the fall of hosni mubarak. it's really quite remarkable, if you think about it. i'm sorry, folks. with a...
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>> so what the romney-ryan ticket wants to do is change medicare by offering premium support or a voucher to seniors to be able to purchase health care in the private market, choices of health care plans under medicare including traditional medicare. but you said, as a 41-year-old, 30 years from now, when we retire. but that's not accurate, senator. their plan would make these changes in 10 years. so if you're a senior, if you're 55 years old, you have to think about the impact of these policies. if they have the right idea, why not do it now? why not put these changes in place and affect your mother's medicare right now? >> well, first of all, because i think it's doable without disrupting my mother's medicare and people of her generation. in the ad, i was describing the impact it would have on people like me, my generation, and the truth is our medicare will look different. we'll have more choices. ours will probably be adjusted for how wealthy we are when we retire. wealthy people will get less of a premium support. it's still going to be the best plan in the world. it will just be dif
>> so what the romney-ryan ticket wants to do is change medicare by offering premium support or a voucher to seniors to be able to purchase health care in the private market, choices of health care plans under medicare including traditional medicare. but you said, as a 41-year-old, 30 years from now, when we retire. but that's not accurate, senator. their plan would make these changes in 10 years. so if you're a senior, if you're 55 years old, you have to think about the impact of these...
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and governor romney and seeing paul ryan, scott walker. and we have seen ron johnson, the senator of this state, as well, spending some time with governor romney, too. thomas? >> certainly star power in wisconsin this morning. we'll check in later. peter alexander, thanks so much. >>> want to bring in our political power panel. we have april ryan and white house correspondent for american urban radio. david goodfriend, a democratic strategist and former staffer to president clinton. david, scott walker has said that romney should pick paul ryan as a running mate. interesting there, though, as peter was pointing out that the governor did the introductions there. do you think, though, that he is going to be potentially in a run now? i mean, walker considered potentially this rising star. do you think he should be somebody in the romney camp's contention for vp? >> i think a lot of people vying for that position. but you know, i grew up and went to school a few miles from where mr. romney is standing right now in wisconsin and i can tell you
and governor romney and seeing paul ryan, scott walker. and we have seen ron johnson, the senator of this state, as well, spending some time with governor romney, too. thomas? >> certainly star power in wisconsin this morning. we'll check in later. peter alexander, thanks so much. >>> want to bring in our political power panel. we have april ryan and white house correspondent for american urban radio. david goodfriend, a democratic strategist and former staffer to president...
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obviously, ohio's an important state to the romney-ryan ticket. we expect paul ryan to stick to the standard substance with the five-point plan to put the middle class back to work and also going by the performance last week of governor romney. particular has a couple of events. one here in the at least area and then we're heading off to the detroit area for an afternoon event and don't expect to see him until thursday and sets up the debate against vice president biden and the past couple of days we asked how much is he prepared to meet someone with more experience. he says he knows that vice president biden will come in aggressively and maybe particularly because of the president's performance last wednesday's event in denver and he is reading briefing books, talking about issues around the country and around the world. paul ryan knows that this is a very big week for him. perhaps the biggest of his entire political career. people need to see the american voters watching that debate on thursday and see him in the vice presidential light and prob
obviously, ohio's an important state to the romney-ryan ticket. we expect paul ryan to stick to the standard substance with the five-point plan to put the middle class back to work and also going by the performance last week of governor romney. particular has a couple of events. one here in the at least area and then we're heading off to the detroit area for an afternoon event and don't expect to see him until thursday and sets up the debate against vice president biden and the past couple of...
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romney and his running mate paul ryan say they would overturn roe v. wade and both have supported banning abortion even without exceptions for women who get pregnant because of rape or incest. the ad is airing in five states. all of which are swing states that the president and the romney campaign are fighting hard to win. it's airing in colorado, ohio, iowa, nevada, and virginia. the obama campaign is essentially showing with all these ads how seriously they are taking the women's vote in this election and how they are appealing for the women's vote by talking policy. but hey, the romney campaign is serious about the women's vote, too. and here's how you can tell. i want you to look at the crowd staged behind mitt romney at a rally yesterday in fairfax, virginia. what do almost all of the people standing behind mitt romney at this rally have in common? if you said matched chromosomes, ding, ding, ding! there are a couple of "y" chromosomes in the back row maybe, but right next to romney it is lady time all the time. when i saw this yesterday, i was wa
romney and his running mate paul ryan say they would overturn roe v. wade and both have supported banning abortion even without exceptions for women who get pregnant because of rape or incest. the ad is airing in five states. all of which are swing states that the president and the romney campaign are fighting hard to win. it's airing in colorado, ohio, iowa, nevada, and virginia. the obama campaign is essentially showing with all these ads how seriously they are taking the women's vote in this...
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romney and his running mate paul ryan say they would overturn roe v. wade and both have supported banning abortion even without exceptions for women who get pregnant because of rape or incest. the ad is airing in five states. all of which are swing states that the president and the romney campaign are fighting hard to win. it's airing in colorado, ohio, iowa, nevada, and virginia. the obama campaign is essentially showing with all these ads how seriously they are taking the women's vote in this election and how they are appealing for the women's vote by talking policy. but hey, the romney campaign is serious about the women's vote, too. and here's how you can tell. i want you to look at the crowd staged behind mitt romney at a rally yesterday in fairfax, virginia. what do almost all of the people standing behind mitt romney at this rally have in common? if you said matched chromosomes, ding, ding, ding! there are a couple of "y" chromosomes in the back row maybe, but right next to romney it is lady time all the time. when i saw this yesterday, i was wa
romney and his running mate paul ryan say they would overturn roe v. wade and both have supported banning abortion even without exceptions for women who get pregnant because of rape or incest. the ad is airing in five states. all of which are swing states that the president and the romney campaign are fighting hard to win. it's airing in colorado, ohio, iowa, nevada, and virginia. the obama campaign is essentially showing with all these ads how seriously they are taking the women's vote in this...
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with the romney/ryan plan for the middleclass which includes being a champion for small business owners, including energy independence, skills for america, deficit reduction, these will turn things around, make the economy better and help create jobs, and that's what people want. >> the economy was supposed to be mitt romney's strength. these polls all taken in the last 10 days. obama up by six points "new york times". "washington post" up by two points. cnn, up by one point. tied in fox news poll. these are all questions related to the economy. how worried at this point should the romney campaign be that they, again, not able to move the needle on the question of the economy? >> well, they are doing just that. and you're smart in the top of the show to look at the key battleground states. that's where the numbers really make a big difference. the romney camp has closed the camp. they're doing better than obama in some states. they're going to target their message to those key battle ground states and remind people things are not better off. we're not better off economically. we have le
with the romney/ryan plan for the middleclass which includes being a champion for small business owners, including energy independence, skills for america, deficit reduction, these will turn things around, make the economy better and help create jobs, and that's what people want. >> the economy was supposed to be mitt romney's strength. these polls all taken in the last 10 days. obama up by six points "new york times". "washington post" up by two points. cnn, up by one...
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he was delivering the romney/ryan stump speech. >> it was not the evolved republican message? >> well, it's not a change message. evolve -- you get into that, people will -- but it was not changed. the question is, did he broaden -- if this is about did bobby jindal and marco rubio start -- hey, they're trying to get into the persuasion game. they got to start making the idea for why they're right. >> marco rubio had tea party support, but there is another cohort of another tea party-supported senators and ted cruz, the freshman from texas is the exemplar of that. this is what happened yesterday on the chuck hagel vote on armed services. when john mccain comes in as a critic and ends up having to defend chuck hagel because of the very sharp attack from ted cruz. let's watch. >> we saw with his nomination something truly extraordinary which is the government of iran formally and publicly praising the nomination of a defense secretary. i would suggest to you that is unprecedented to see a foreign nation like iran publicly celebrating a nomination. >> i want to put on the record
he was delivering the romney/ryan stump speech. >> it was not the evolved republican message? >> well, it's not a change message. evolve -- you get into that, people will -- but it was not changed. the question is, did he broaden -- if this is about did bobby jindal and marco rubio start -- hey, they're trying to get into the persuasion game. they got to start making the idea for why they're right. >> marco rubio had tea party support, but there is another cohort of another...
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with mitt romney and paul ryan being in henderson, a las vegas suburb, and romney flying to reno to do an event tomorrow, they saw what you just showed everybody, chuck, how difficult it is for him to win without having never never if he loses ohio. >> it becomes very hard. it makes these other -- he's got to win two of the three midwestern battle grounds when you take nevada off the map. let me ask you this, did harry reid just show that -- i guess my question is, is nevada the next new mexico where four years from now we won't even have it on the initial battleground map? it will essentially get a couple visits early from a republican and then it's just a lock for whoef the democratic nominee is? >> i'm not sure about that. i don't want to take it off the battleground status. >> i know you don't. >> but i think the points you're making is right. there might be a microcosm with republican party with the burgeoning hispanic population. the republicans need to find a way to talk to the hispanic community. they cannot sustain 30 and 40-point losses in that community in nevada and hope to
with mitt romney and paul ryan being in henderson, a las vegas suburb, and romney flying to reno to do an event tomorrow, they saw what you just showed everybody, chuck, how difficult it is for him to win without having never never if he loses ohio. >> it becomes very hard. it makes these other -- he's got to win two of the three midwestern battle grounds when you take nevada off the map. let me ask you this, did harry reid just show that -- i guess my question is, is nevada the next new...
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we need a leader like mitt romney and paul ryan who will get in and demonstrate america's excellence and be a shining city on the hill across the world. >> when you have mitt romney endorsing all of the president's foreign policy to what he's doing in afghanistan to iran where he can't articulate any real difference in what he would do different from a policy standpoint, i think you can see why romney has had so much trouble gaining traction on this issue. there hasn't been a president who's been tougher than president obama when it comes to terrorists abroad. when it comes to executing our wars in iraq and ending that war and in afghanistan and i think the reason romney is losing so much on foreign policy on who's a stronger leader is because he can't articulate a vision for this country that would put us a in a safer and secure place. >> i'm anxious to see the polls after we get through this week because there's no way any american who has been watching the news and the situation we're in as a result of this emergency is going to have more support for the current president on forei
we need a leader like mitt romney and paul ryan who will get in and demonstrate america's excellence and be a shining city on the hill across the world. >> when you have mitt romney endorsing all of the president's foreign policy to what he's doing in afghanistan to iran where he can't articulate any real difference in what he would do different from a policy standpoint, i think you can see why romney has had so much trouble gaining traction on this issue. there hasn't been a president...
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i cannot vote for mitt romney. i cannot vote for paul ryan. we have a senate race, i cannot vote for george allen because he, too, clings to these extreme social agendas that are over to the right. >> the reproductive health issue came to national -- in virginia came to national prominence around governor bob mcdonnell signing the law forcing women to have medically unnecessary ultrasounds even if it was against their doctor's orders. forcing them to pay for that privilege. when you are hearing people talk about presidential politics in the state of virginia, is it widely known that the vice presidential nominee on the republican ticket paul ryan proposed a forced ultrasound bill just like virginia's for the whole country? is that connection being made by people in the state? >> it is. i think voters are starting to focus and the republicans keep just delivering gifts to us democrats because they keep going to this extreme agenda and people are digging a little bit farther. they know that paul ryan has had a history of extreme agenda. that's a
i cannot vote for mitt romney. i cannot vote for paul ryan. we have a senate race, i cannot vote for george allen because he, too, clings to these extreme social agendas that are over to the right. >> the reproductive health issue came to national -- in virginia came to national prominence around governor bob mcdonnell signing the law forcing women to have medically unnecessary ultrasounds even if it was against their doctor's orders. forcing them to pay for that privilege. when you are...
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he's up 50 to 45 against mitt romney and paul ryan in wisconsin. the 50% marks sort of a magical number there. they say that is the threshold by which the president will show restrength. it had been tighter in previous polls. now the president again opening up a little gap there, thomas. >> mike viqueira, thanks so much. >>> new today republican presidential candidate mitt romney is attending fund-raising events in hopes of regaining the lead in the campaign cash category. he's in nevada today, colorado tomorrow. next week mr. romney starts a three-day bus tour of ohio. taking center stage, more questions from last night's document dump. the release of his 2011 income tax return. nbc's peter alexander is in san francisco traveling with governor romney, peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. the romney campaign insists that by putting these tax returns out on a friday what's often referred to as a friday document dump this was not politically motivated even though it was done when fewer eyeballs would see it. they say it was done in
he's up 50 to 45 against mitt romney and paul ryan in wisconsin. the 50% marks sort of a magical number there. they say that is the threshold by which the president will show restrength. it had been tighter in previous polls. now the president again opening up a little gap there, thomas. >> mike viqueira, thanks so much. >>> new today republican presidential candidate mitt romney is attending fund-raising events in hopes of regaining the lead in the campaign cash category. he's...
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romney or mr. ryan are operating that way now. >> indeed. maria, after spending a month trying to distance himself as co-sponsor of todd akins forcible rape bill, did he return to the roots of his ideology today? >> i am trying to figure out why he would go and speak at the value voters summit. they already know he has a solid base for mitt romney. what he needs to do is start going to the middle and start to appeal to women voters. attacking women's rights to choose and attacking abortion ensures women are not only going to come and vote but more than likely cast a vote against the nominee. i think what paul ryan is trying to do is curious. it is building his platform, but not making it broad enough for folks to say he understands my issues, which is not abortion and woman's right to choose but fundamentally, the economy. it is curious they're not talking about the economy. they're talking about foreign policy, they demonstrate they're incredibly trigger happy, and going after women's right to choose which are voters they desperately need.
romney or mr. ryan are operating that way now. >> indeed. maria, after spending a month trying to distance himself as co-sponsor of todd akins forcible rape bill, did he return to the roots of his ideology today? >> i am trying to figure out why he would go and speak at the value voters summit. they already know he has a solid base for mitt romney. what he needs to do is start going to the middle and start to appeal to women voters. attacking women's rights to choose and attacking...
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that's a ryan idea. >> and i thought romney was on ryan's program. >> his spending is equally fuzzy. he promised to cut defense spending, more spending on medicare, social security. how can you make the numbers work? according to ezra klein, smart guy, if romney is elected by third year in office, every federal program that's not medicare, social security or defense will be cut, on average by 40%. that means medicaid, infrastructure, education, food safety, road safety, postal service, basic research, foreign aid, housing subsidy, census, pell grant, trademark office, fda, all has to be cut on average 40%. not even remotely plausible. the consequences would be catastrophic. a lot of republicans when they vote say there's nothing in the federal government for me, i don't care how much they cut it. >> that's not true. >> cuts that are significant to me, i am trying to give your politician a break. must be some reason why. >> what republicans generally argue is that the governments, you know, going back to certainly bush years and even back to reagan has grown. so you have this new bree
that's a ryan idea. >> and i thought romney was on ryan's program. >> his spending is equally fuzzy. he promised to cut defense spending, more spending on medicare, social security. how can you make the numbers work? according to ezra klein, smart guy, if romney is elected by third year in office, every federal program that's not medicare, social security or defense will be cut, on average by 40%. that means medicaid, infrastructure, education, food safety, road safety, postal...
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. >> the saddest moment from my never trump friends is that romney follows ryan and rubio into the deep trench of shame. i would hope that's not the case. but it does seem like the ultimate trolling of trump, in that speech, he held nothing back, he made steve schmidt seem like sean hannity, like a cheerleader with what he said. but, look, mitt romney could represent at least the beginning of the decency caucus in the republican party. but i don't know. >> i don't know, don evans, because he did go and avail himself as donald trump to serve as the top diplomatic -- he offered to represent donald trump around the world. i think's disqualified. >> i think that, you know, mitt romney is going to get in this and donald trump is not going to be able to help himself when it comes to romney. so we can fully expect a barrage of tweets. but mr. trump began his year tweeting against his enemies et cetera. he began the year the way he ended last year and the way he will continue this year and he's going to see republicans across the board, in state and local office, and in congress run away from h
. >> the saddest moment from my never trump friends is that romney follows ryan and rubio into the deep trench of shame. i would hope that's not the case. but it does seem like the ultimate trolling of trump, in that speech, he held nothing back, he made steve schmidt seem like sean hannity, like a cheerleader with what he said. but, look, mitt romney could represent at least the beginning of the decency caucus in the republican party. but i don't know. >> i don't know, don evans,...
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that's a ryan idea. >> and i thought romney was on ryan's program. >> his spending is equally fuzzy. he promised to cut defense spending, more spending on medicare, social security. how can you make the numbers work? according to ezra klein, smart guy, if romney is elected by third year in office, every federal program that's not medicare, social security or defense will be cut, on average by 40%. that means medicaid, infrastructure, education, food safety, road safety, postal service, basic research, foreign aid, housing subsidy, census, pell grant, trademark office, fda, all has to be cut on average 40%. not even remotely plausible. the consequences would be catastrophic. a lot of republicans when they vote say there's nothing in the federal government for me, i don't care how much they cut it. >> that's not true. >> cuts that are significant to me, i am trying to give your politician a break. must be some reason why. >> what republicans generally argue is that the governments, you know, going back to certainly bush years and even back to reagan has grown. so you have this new bree
that's a ryan idea. >> and i thought romney was on ryan's program. >> his spending is equally fuzzy. he promised to cut defense spending, more spending on medicare, social security. how can you make the numbers work? according to ezra klein, smart guy, if romney is elected by third year in office, every federal program that's not medicare, social security or defense will be cut, on average by 40%. that means medicaid, infrastructure, education, food safety, road safety, postal...
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romney and ryan are saying that the president of the united states states sympathizes with terrorists. it should be shocking, yet again they are trying to paint president obama as the other. governor romney also attacked the president's american values. >> a terrible course for america to stand in apology for our values an apology for america's values is never the right course. a statement which is akin to an apology is disgraceful, to apologize for american values. >> it's absurd, of course. here's how president obama talked today about his real american values. >> to all those who would do us harm, no act of terror would go unpunished. it will not dim the light of the values that we proudly present to the rest of the world, no act of violence shakes the resolve of the united states of america. we're a nation bound together by a creed. the idea that all men and women are created equal, that we are all endowed by our creator with certain rights. >> the most powerful nation on earth is to defend and attack and advance our people but also to defend and protect and advance those values a
romney and ryan are saying that the president of the united states states sympathizes with terrorists. it should be shocking, yet again they are trying to paint president obama as the other. governor romney also attacked the president's american values. >> a terrible course for america to stand in apology for our values an apology for america's values is never the right course. a statement which is akin to an apology is disgraceful, to apologize for american values. >> it's absurd,...
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willard mitt romney? and the last time i cheg, romney and ryan are not in the white house. i'm kidding. i didn't have to check. this time president obama is skipping the one-on-one budget negotiations that have failed before. instead, going straight to the members themselves. he is meeting this week with the entire republican and democratic caucuses from both the house and the senate. opening to find a grand bargain on taxes. spending cuts and entitlement reform with the pressure of the full sequester pressing down on them. will we finally see a grand bargain or any bargain from washington? the senior congressional reporter for politico. if the president gives in once again, on entitlement, will the dems push him? will they be upset? will they riot? revolt? or will they say, hey, our constituents aren't going to press us like republican constituents would press their lawmaker so they'll be able to survive that. >> i think the democrats will be split on this issue. you will see a fair am of re state democrats. some of the more moderate democrats. some up for election, be ope
willard mitt romney? and the last time i cheg, romney and ryan are not in the white house. i'm kidding. i didn't have to check. this time president obama is skipping the one-on-one budget negotiations that have failed before. instead, going straight to the members themselves. he is meeting this week with the entire republican and democratic caucuses from both the house and the senate. opening to find a grand bargain on taxes. spending cuts and entitlement reform with the pressure of the full...
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and that's what mitt romney and paul ryan are promising to take us back to. that's what the president -- the vice president was communicating on the stump yesterday. he's been doing that for months. >> i've been a little distracted with baseball over the past four years. who's been president? >> i know. >> since 2009, though? >> uh-huh. >> you can't blame the last four years on george w. bush, can you? >> we're absolutely not doing that. in fact, we're taking credit for the 5.1 million private sector jobs that have been created over the past four years despite being handed the worst economy since the great depression. we're taking credit for the million jobs that were protected under the president's efforts to save the auto industry, or increasing manufacturing jobs for the first time in decades. so absolutely, we're not blaming, you know, our predecessor, by any means. but we don't think we should return to the same policies that crashed the economy. >> exactly. stephanie cutter, by the way, good job competing with chuck todd sitting next to you. >> say hi t
and that's what mitt romney and paul ryan are promising to take us back to. that's what the president -- the vice president was communicating on the stump yesterday. he's been doing that for months. >> i've been a little distracted with baseball over the past four years. who's been president? >> i know. >> since 2009, though? >> uh-huh. >> you can't blame the last four years on george w. bush, can you? >> we're absolutely not doing that. in fact, we're taking...
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he is hammering the romney/ryan ticket on medicare in florida. and he's trumpeting the auto bailout in ohio. those messages work in those states whereas the romney campaign is running a more generalized economic message. and that doesn't have the same effect. now, on both sides of the aisle i'm talking to campaigns and super pacs who say president obama is running consistently four points ahead of mitt romney in ohio. and that's why we're seeing mitt romney talk about china. really running a harder line on china. because that kind of message could resonate in ohio. so we're going to start to see mitt romney drill down on some of these states like the president has to see if he can make up some ground in the swing states. >> anne, i'm curious what's happening in the state of wisconsin. because the president is heading there next weekend. that's a state he easily won in 2008. why is he stopping there? any chance there are internal polls saying that that state may now be in play? >> well, if you're a democrat you do not want wisconsin to be seriousl
he is hammering the romney/ryan ticket on medicare in florida. and he's trumpeting the auto bailout in ohio. those messages work in those states whereas the romney campaign is running a more generalized economic message. and that doesn't have the same effect. now, on both sides of the aisle i'm talking to campaigns and super pacs who say president obama is running consistently four points ahead of mitt romney in ohio. and that's why we're seeing mitt romney talk about china. really running a...
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his first visit to washington since being tapped as romney's running mate. ryan is on the ballot twice in wisconsin's first congressional district for vice president and re-election of his house seat. so today's day debuting tv ads for his house seat. >> as americans, we deserve a choice, you, not washington, should decide the path we take and the decisions we make. this is our chance to restore real faith and real opportunity in america. >> as you can see, the message almost exactly the same as what he is saying on the national campaign trail. now, while krt ticks might say ryan is hedging his bets, joe biden did the same thing in 2008. the air time probably helps the romney campaign particularly in that district which is a district the obama campaign carried in 2008. and also target of sustained second guessing. a growing number of republicans are concerned that romney is letting the race slip away. just listen to laura ingram. >> if you can't beat barack obama with this record, then shut down the party. >> rush limbaugh echoed with more. >> if obama win,
his first visit to washington since being tapped as romney's running mate. ryan is on the ballot twice in wisconsin's first congressional district for vice president and re-election of his house seat. so today's day debuting tv ads for his house seat. >> as americans, we deserve a choice, you, not washington, should decide the path we take and the decisions we make. this is our chance to restore real faith and real opportunity in america. >> as you can see, the message almost...
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after romney's statement, paul ryan comes out, you don't hear any of this, blaming the obama administration. >> dana, hang on a minute. you're talking about a recall, the man stands in front of the press today and goes much further than de in his own statement. he starts describing the president's conduct as disgraceful. >> right. >> that's not recoiling. that's doubling down, in my book. >> i'm saying they're recoiling since the doubling down this morning. >> oh, okay. i'm sorry. >> i think they realized they really have stepped in it this time. romney's instinct in various cases has been to stick with conservative base, go with that line of attack. that was his first instinct here. clearly he realized there was trouble. that's why you see them putting out all these background talking points. that's why you see paul ryan coming out and giving a very different statement this afternoon than mitt romney gave this morning. >> indeed. to both of you now, we've just heard that a new editorial has appeared in "the wall street journal" -- sorry, i think it's in your paper, dana. tuesday is a trage
after romney's statement, paul ryan comes out, you don't hear any of this, blaming the obama administration. >> dana, hang on a minute. you're talking about a recall, the man stands in front of the press today and goes much further than de in his own statement. he starts describing the president's conduct as disgraceful. >> right. >> that's not recoiling. that's doubling down, in my book. >> i'm saying they're recoiling since the doubling down this morning. >> oh,...
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can scott walker and paul ryan help romney flip wisconsin from blue to red? >>> plus, it's down to the wire on the hill. if congress doesn't act really soon, federal student loan rates will double. >>> but first, today's trivia question. and this is really easy. who is the youngest person to ever serve as president? tweet us the answer at @"the daily rundown." the answer and more coming up on "the daily rundown." our trivia writer had a good weekend because that's an easy question. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. just $14.99. start with soup, salad and cheddar bay biscuits then choose one of 7 entrees plus dessert! four perfect courses, just $14.99. come into red lobster and sea food differently. home protector plus, from liberty mutual insurance, where the costs to both repair your home and replace your possessions are covered. and we don
can scott walker and paul ryan help romney flip wisconsin from blue to red? >>> plus, it's down to the wire on the hill. if congress doesn't act really soon, federal student loan rates will double. >>> but first, today's trivia question. and this is really easy. who is the youngest person to ever serve as president? tweet us the answer at @"the daily rundown." the answer and more coming up on "the daily rundown." our trivia writer had a good weekend because...
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governor romney and congressman ryan disagree with mr. akin's statement. then he had his reporter stonewall reporters from asking about it. >> political specialist shawn boyd finished an interview with romney. >> one stipulation to the interview was that i not ask about abortion or todd akin. >> when richard murdock said live begins at the horrible situation of rape, that is something that god intended to happen, mitt romney once again had his spokesperson speak for him. governor romney disagrees with richard mourdock, but still supports him. then romney ran away when reporters asked about it. the newest bat crazy republican to take stage has been on the stage quietly, quietly, for 40 years. he has been over in a dark corner of the stage as the lone member of the house of representatives from alaska. last week 79-year-old don young was back home in alaska saying a bunch of crazy stuff. he was a featured speaker at a rally against domestic violence held on the capital steps in juneau where his advice to potential wife beaters was to drink alone. if you want
governor romney and congressman ryan disagree with mr. akin's statement. then he had his reporter stonewall reporters from asking about it. >> political specialist shawn boyd finished an interview with romney. >> one stipulation to the interview was that i not ask about abortion or todd akin. >> when richard murdock said live begins at the horrible situation of rape, that is something that god intended to happen, mitt romney once again had his spokesperson speak for him....
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so i would think mitt romney ought to tone it down, he and paul ryan, and let this president deal with this crisis. and this ought to be off-limits for a while. i do think foreign policy is important. i think iran whether or not we're going to put troops on the ground like mitt romney wanted to do in libya, that ought to be debated. but i believe the american people believe that cautious approach this president is making, not getting us involved in cries cease like iraq, i think that would be the debate. >> i want to show people what's going on in the streets of cairo. we see smoke from tear gas canisters clearing. but this has been going on throughout the day. it's about 4:38 in the afternoon there now. one of the things that occurs to me as we've been watching this unfold over the last 24 hours is that as much as you want to control your campaign and for a long time mitt romney seemed to be controlling the campaign, they never exist in a vacuum. and whether or not you agree or disagree about what the candidates say, i wonder if as important decisions are made by voters about how they
so i would think mitt romney ought to tone it down, he and paul ryan, and let this president deal with this crisis. and this ought to be off-limits for a while. i do think foreign policy is important. i think iran whether or not we're going to put troops on the ground like mitt romney wanted to do in libya, that ought to be debated. but i believe the american people believe that cautious approach this president is making, not getting us involved in cries cease like iraq, i think that would be...
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but towards the end of the week, we saw them change the subject slightly, we saw romney and paul ryan return to issues like the economy which is what they would much rather be talking about than what happened earlier this week in the middle east. >> jim, in your recent issue, the question is raised did the arab spring make that region more dangerous. and he also introduce as new term, a global industry of outrage. what is that? >> well, the global industry of outrage is -- i mean, these protests did not spontaneously erupt because hundreds of millions of people around the world saw a youtube video. they were told about the video you through a series imams, blogger, radio and talk show hosts who convinced them that the american administration was somehow responsible to this particular video, which is the great disconnect about what eye happening here. it's not really -- the video could have been anything. it doesn't matter what the video is or what it said. it's how -- what was in the video was transferred to the people, what people think that the video is global industry, it is in the
but towards the end of the week, we saw them change the subject slightly, we saw romney and paul ryan return to issues like the economy which is what they would much rather be talking about than what happened earlier this week in the middle east. >> jim, in your recent issue, the question is raised did the arab spring make that region more dangerous. and he also introduce as new term, a global industry of outrage. what is that? >> well, the global industry of outrage is -- i mean,...